Stock Market Holiday On Holi: Stock market holiday for Holi 2026: Will NSE, BSE remain closed on March 3 or 4?

Stock market holiday: Holi is just on the horizon and investors are confused about whether stock market will remain closed on March 3 or on March 4. According to the Exchange’s list of holidays, Dalal Street will remain closed on March 3 and not March 4, on the occasion of Holi, giving traders and investors a break. Trading in the equities segment takes place on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and exchange-declared holidays. The pre-open session runs from 09:00 hrs to 09:08 hrs for order entry and modification, with random closure in the last one minute, after which pre-open order matching begins. The regular trading session for the normal and limited physical market is held from 09:15 hrs to 15:30 hrs. The closing session takes place between 15:40 hrs and 16:00 hrs. Meanwhile, the block deal session operates in two windows — the morning window from 08:45 AM to 09:00 AM and the afternoon window from 02:05 PM to 02:20 PM.Upcoming holidays in 2026